title: Gender-specific influence of socioeconomic status on the prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache: the results from the Korean Headache Survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Socioeconomic status plays an important role in pain coping strategy. Its influence on migraine and tension-type headache may differ by gender. This study aimed to evaluate how socioeconomic status affects the prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache by gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used data from the Korean Headache Survey, a population-based sample of Koreans aged 19-69 years. Education level, district size, and household income were evaluated as socioeconomic variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 1507 participants, the 1-year prevalence rates of migraine and tension-type headache were 8.7% [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.9-4.6%] and 29.1% (95% CI 25.7-32.5%) in women and 3.2% (95% CI 1.9-4.6%) and 32.5% (95% CI 29.1-35.9%) in men, respectively. In women, multiple regression analysis found that living in rural areas was related to higher prevalence of migraine [odds ratio (OR) 4.52, 95% CI 1.85-11.02] and lower prevalence of tension-type headache (OR 0.29, 95% CI 0.15-0.58) and college-level education was related to lower prevalence of tension-type headache (OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.18-0.74). In men, multiple regression analysis failed to reveal significant influences of any socioeconomic variable on the prevalence of migraine or tension-type headache.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The influence of socioeconomic status on migraine and tension-type headache differs by gender, with women being more susceptible to socioeconomic influence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 40, Seokwoo-dong, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do 445-170, Republic of Korea. dowonc@naver.com.
authors.forename: Min Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Dong-Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung-Kun
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Moon
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Won
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Jeong Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kwang Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soo-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult